Posted on 01/13/2016 5:49:52 PM PST by big'ol_freeper
Super Bowl I between the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs on Jan. 15, 1967 was the only Super Bowl ever to have been broadcast on two television networks.
Friday, on the 49th anniversary of the Packers' 35-10 win over the Chiefs, it will be shown again for the first time since.
The NFL Network announced that it will re-air Super Bowl I for the first time ever at 7 p.m. CST Friday. Originally aired by NBC and CBS -- the official broadcasters of the AFL and NFL, respectively -- the tapes of Super Bowl I were either lost or recorded over, according to a release. Because of that, there was no full video remaining of the game, which was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
However, "in an exhaustive process that took months to complete," the folks at NFL Films were able to find all 145 plays from Super Bowl I and compile them in order while also re-mastering the sound and video. The three-hour broadcast scheduled for Friday will use audio from the NBC Sports radio broadcast of the game and have modern graphics added to enhance the viewing experience. Chris Rose and Steve Mariucci will anchor pregame, halftime and postgame segments with various guests joining them.
According to the release, other things to look forward to include Packers head coach Vince Lombardi wired for sound, postgame interviews with Chiefs head coach Hank Stram and NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle and a full detailed explanation of what exactly happened to the original tapes.
Fittingly, one day after the historic re-air, both the Packers and Chiefs will continue their quest for Super Bowl 50, as Kansas City will head to New England to take on the Patriots and Green Bay travels to Arizona to face the Cardinals.
Should be interesting
pretty cool.
I could almost care to watch that.
Gotta rush out and get a bet down. This time the Chiefs will get ‘em. BTT
RE: I could almost care to watch that.
Congratulations
I gave up on sports around the mid 80s.
I never saw it. I lived in Los Angeles at the time. The Super Bowl game was blacked out. Not enough tickets were sold for the game at the Coliseum. I remember some people attached wire coat hangers to broomsticks and attached the broomsticks with wire coat hangers to their TV antennas. They tried to pick up the TV signal from the San Diego TV stations. It did not work very well.
I thought the name “Super Bowl” was a stupid name for an exhibition game between the NFL champ and the AFL minor league. Joe Namath and the Jets changed all that.
That, I’d watch.
They had better half-time shows then. IIRC, Superbowl I had a college marching band.
TV networks blacked out the Super Bowl in the Los Angeles area, so local rock stations and other sources provided instructions on how to construct makeshift “Super Bowl antennas” in order to pick up the game in San Diego. I listened to the game on the radio.
I went to that game while on short leave in the Army. The stadium was not even close to full and my team lost. The ticket stub is supposed to be worth something, but I probably just tossed it.
Too bad we did not go the Coliseum and pay the $10 for admission and brought home some game programs as souvenirs. They would be worth a pretty penny today.
My Mom, drove my 10 year old brother from Orange County to downtown LA to see that game. Tickets were readily available. I was 17 at the time and went to Church Youth group. I can’t believe they went. My brother still has the program.
Looking back, God is probably shaking his head. There were lots of Sundays of Youth Group, but their was only one original Superbowl (even though that name came later).
Oldplayer
Hank Stram was a great coach and the Chiefs in those days were awesome. Stram later teamed up with Jack Buck to become one of the best NFL play-by-play radio announcers ever.
How exciting....
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